ANSC 210 1st Edition Lecture 11Outline of Previous Lecture I. Husbandry a. Pasturesb. Stablesc. Groomingd. Hoof Caree. TeethII. Preventative Health CareIII. Common Diseasesa. Colicb. LaminitisIV. ReproductionV. BehaviorOutline of Current LectureI. History of the IditarodII. Susan ButcherIII. Alaskan Husky IV. Iditarod VetsV. MushingVI. Sled EssentialsVII. Jeff KingCurrent LectureI. History of the Iditaroda. Siberian Huskies usually not usedi. More of endurance runnersii. Run slowly, but can run farb. Portions of the trail used by American Inupiaq and Athabascac. Runs Anchorage to Nomed. Even years take the northern routee. Odds years take the southern routei. Considered a harder routeii. Dogs must run into the wind, many dogs don’t like thisf. Each musher has a run-rest cycleThese notes represent a detailed interpretation of the professor’s lecture. GradeBuddy is best used as a supplement to your own notes, not as a substitute.g. Checkpointsi. A musher can drop a dog at any checkpointii. If a dog is dropped it HAS to be dropped at a checkpoint, not in betweeniii. If a dog is dropped, it is taken care of by a 24 hour vetiv. Flown back to anchoragev. There are 3 vets at each checkpointvi. Checks HAW1. Hydration and heart rate2. Attitude and appetite3. weighth. You must start with 16 dogs and finish with at least 6i. Scratching = voluntary drop from Iditarodj. Withdraw = involuntary drop from Iditarod II. Susan Butchera. Four time winnerb. Believes in training dogs year roundIII. Alaskan Huskya. Eat fast and run fastb. Purpose-bred dogsc. Use fat as their fueld. All dogs are examined at the beginning of the race and in between the race as well e. Dogs are microchipped and taggedf. Mushers can not give performance enhancersIV. Iditarod vetsa. You must be selected in order to be oneb. Must have 5 year experiencec. Recommended sled dog experienced. There are 35 vetse. 5 rookies each year are acceptedV. Mushinga. Wheel dogsi. Closest to the musherii. Usually the strongestb. Lead dogsi. In the leadii. Usually the smartestc. Swing dogsi. Second in lineii. Help the lead dogsd. Female dogs can be run, even in heate. Shoulder injuries are the most common injuriesf. Gang line is the line that goes from the sled down in between all the dogsg. Neck line is the line that attatches to the dog from the gang lineVI. Sled essentialsa. Sleeping bagb. Axc. 8 booties for each dogd. Snow shoese. Cooker capable of heating 3 gallons of waterf. Gang-lineVII. Jeff Kinga. Inventor of the double sledb. He can sit down on his sledc. He can mount his cooker on the handle bars for
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